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Lesson 2-Canada’s Most famous Shipwrecks
Canada’s most famous shipwrecks
What do you get when you have a nation that stretches from coast to coast to coast? The perfect recipe for shipwrecks. After all Canada’s waters are home to more than a hundred. Of course some shipwrecks are more well-known than others. In case you ever wondered what they are and where they lie, here are eight of the country’s most famous.
Sweepstakes
In Tobermory, Ontario, you will likely see Sweepstakes . Lying at the bottom of Big Tub Harbour in no more than 7 metres of water. Sweepstakes can actually be seen from the shore. Built in 1867, the 119-foot schooner was used to transport coal until it was damaged off of Cove Island. The boat was towed to Big Tub where it sank in 1885 while awaiting repair.
S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald
Immortalized by the Gordon Lightfoot song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald , this Great Lakes Freighter sank on November 10, 1975, killing the entire 29-person crew. Succumbing to a winter storm, the boat sank to 160 metres deep, about 17 kilometres from Sault Sainte Marie. Though the cause of the wreck has never been determined, many theories persist, which include r ogue w aves a nd s tructural f ailure. What we do know is that the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald is still in two pieces at the bottom of Lake Superior.
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